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Entablature in a sentence
Entablature meaning
All of that part of a classical temple above the capitals of the columns; includes the architrave, frieze, and cornice but not the roof.
Synonyms of Entablature
Using Entablature
- The main meaning on this page is: All of that part of a classical temple above the capitals of the columns; includes the architrave, frieze, and cornice but not the roof.
- Useful related words include: structure, construction.
- In the example corpus, entablature often appears in combinations such as: the entablature, to entablature, entablature ratio.
Context around Entablature
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Entablature
- In this selection, "entablature" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, whole, doric, ratio, supported and creating stand out and add context to how "entablature" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of the entablature and to the entablature. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "entablature" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with entablature
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A slightly greater adjustment has been made to the entablature. (10 words)
Above the capital is a square abacus connecting the capital to the entablature. (13 words)
The entablature is the major horizontal structural element supporting the roof and encircling the entire building. (16 words)
The columns of an early Doric temple such as the Temple of Apollo at Syracuse, Sicily, may have a height to base diameter ratio of only 4:1 and a column height to entablature ratio of 2:1, with relatively crude details. (42 words)
The Ionic Order is altogether lighter in appearance than the Doric, with the columns, including base and capital, having a 9:1 ratio with the diameter, while the whole entablature was also much narrower and less heavy than the Doric entablature. (41 words)
A triglyph is centered above every column, with another (or sometimes two) between columns, though the Greeks felt that the corner triglyph should form the corner of the entablature, creating an inharmonious mismatch with the supporting column. (37 words)
Example sentences (17)
The Ionic Order is altogether lighter in appearance than the Doric, with the columns, including base and capital, having a 9:1 ratio with the diameter, while the whole entablature was also much narrower and less heavy than the Doric entablature.
Above the capital is a square abacus connecting the capital to the entablature.
A column height to diameter of 6:1 became more usual, while the column height to entablature ratio at the Parthenon is about 3:1.
A door of the Ionic Order at the Erechtheion (17 feet high and 7.5 feet wide at the top) retains many of its features intact, including mouldings, and an entablature supported on console brackets.
A slightly greater adjustment has been made to the entablature.
A triglyph is centered above every column, with another (or sometimes two) between columns, though the Greeks felt that the corner triglyph should form the corner of the entablature, creating an inharmonious mismatch with the supporting column.
In 1925-7 the fourteen of the north side’s seventeen columns were re-erected, along with part of the entablature.
It has a load-bearing function, which concentrates the weight of the entablature on the supportive column, but it primarily serves an aesthetic purpose.
It has three stories, articulated by pilasters and entablature courses, with a twin-lighted cross window set within each bay.
It was the earliest and in its essence the simplest of the orders, though still with complex details in the entablature above.
Of particular interest among the ruins are some finished columns showing traces of coloured stucco and blocks of the entablature which have horseshoe-shaped grooves on the sides.
The columns of an early Doric temple such as the Temple of Apollo at Syracuse, Sicily, may have a height to base diameter ratio of only 4:1 and a column height to entablature ratio of 2:1, with relatively crude details.
The entablature consists of three horizontal layers, all of which are visually separated from each other using moldings or bands.
The entablature is the major horizontal structural element supporting the roof and encircling the entire building.
There may be a section of entablature between the capital and the springing of the arch.
The triglyphs are decoratively grooved with two vertical grooves ("tri-glyph") and represent the original wooden end-beams, which rest on the plain architrave that occupies the lower half of the entablature.
The upper band of the entablature is called the " cornice ", which is generally ornately decorated on its lower edge.
Common combinations with entablature
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the entablature 11×
- to entablature 2×
- entablature ratio 2×
- entablature is 2×